Ren and Stimpy "realistic" sitcom acting (John K.)
"I love the Honeymooners and the 3 Stooges. They depend on many scenes that contrast the relationship between an asshole and an idiot. Moe is the asshole, Curly is the idiot cartoon character. Ralph is the asshole, while Norton is the surreal idiot character that drives him nuts. Ren is the realistic character who is constantly driven nuts by Stimpy's unreal cartoonish antics."

Awesome! Another lame photo post! (Dave's Long Box)
It's the Mickey Mouse picture/caption that you're going to like.

MSFT, Xbox 360 and Japan: Failure-in-a-Box (Information Arbitage)
Talk about fanboy bait. Some financial guy examines the history of the Xbox and wonders just how long Microsoft will continue to dump money at it with absolutely no plan or means to recoup. Don't worry Xbox fans! I'm sure the next generation will turn a profit!

Venom as The Punisher (Action-Figure)
Look, I'm all for making toys of obscure fan-favorite characters, but when you cherry-pick something from a silly issue of What If in hopes of cashing in on a summer movie tie-in, and then price it at $100, then you're just being an ass.

THIS IS WHY "EDWARD NORTON" SHOULD NOT PLAY HULK IN UPCOMING MOVIE ABOUT HULK. (HULK'S DIARY THAT IS ON THE INTERNET)
Very funny. It's listing "No Muscles" twice that gets me.

Dissecting Jack's Lies (Kotaku)
Kotaku superstar Brian Crecente examines the half-truths launched by Jack Thompson as he wormed his way back into national news coverage (on FOX News, natch) shortly after the Virgina Tech shooting story broke. Best quote from Crecente: "...you can say anything on TV and not have it fact-checked as long as you say it quickly, when TV needs someone to fill time and it's a good sound bite." Too true. (Also, check out the follow up where MSNBC neatly keeps Thompson from getting away with it. And the Op-Ed piece on the ongoing media rush to equate video games with violence.)

The VT shooting is obviously a tremendously sad event, and not because ambulance-chasing choads feel the need to use it to spur on their book sales. Even aside from the horror and pain caused by one very disturbed individual, there's the thorny issue of how this generates anti-Asian actions and sentiments, specifically anti-Korean, which hits us very hard. For thoughts on this from Asian-American writers, check out "Let It Be Some Other 'Asian'" (New America Media), "More Fears of Backlash" (Reappropriate), and, of course, the excellent ongoing commentary from Angry Asian Man.